This casual cultivator's name is Yang Jian. He is a casual cultivator who originally made a living in Binhaifang City. He has broken through to the ninth level of Qi refining for many years.
He is more than 130 years old, not far from the 150-year-old life span for monks in the Qi Refining Stage.
Originally, he planned to go into seclusion when he was one hundred and forty years old and hit the realm of foundation building.
But he accidentally received news that the Corpse Ghost Sect was recruiting casual cultivators for mining, which gave him some hope.
Because he has some savings, if he can earn a little more through mining, he might be able to get a foundation-building pill on the black market in Binhaifang City that can increase the success rate of foundation-building.
In this way, his chances of success in seclusion and attacking the foundation-building realm will undoubtedly increase.
It has been almost 10 years since Yang Jian came here from Binhaifang City. During this period, except for the necessary training time, he has been mining.
Originally, his mining career would have passed uneventfully. He only had to wait two more years before the collected spiritual stones would be enough to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill on the black market.
But an accidental discovery a year ago completely changed the trajectory of his life.
He discovered that a ninth-level Qi Refining monk dressed as a casual cultivator always chose mines that had been dug by others every time he came. Even if he occasionally deliberately got into normal mines to confuse others, he would not be able to stay there for more than three to five days.
The sky will come out, and the barren mines will be chosen again.
This discovery made him suspicious, and after some careful consideration, he decided to go and investigate it himself, maybe there might be some special opportunity.
In fact, it was not only the possible opportunities that attracted Yang Jian. He had lived for more than a hundred years and had a profound understanding of the principle that if you have a life to take, you must also have a life to enjoy.
Before he decided to take action, he carefully observed Li Xuangang's aura and determined that he was an ordinary ninth-level Qi refining monk. Even if he practiced body refining and other techniques that could enhance his strength, he would not exceed the Qi refining stage.
The limits of a monk.
Yang Jian has great confidence in his own cultivation strength, and he has learned a breath-condensing spell. This spell is quite exquisite, and it is impossible to detect him with the spiritual consciousness in the Qi refining stage.
When the time comes, if there is any chance, he can definitely use this breath gathering technique to launch a sneak attack first.
In fact, he has done this many times since he started practicing Taoism, and he has never failed.
When he quietly sneaked into the bottom of the mine where Li Xuangang was, he not only saw Li Xuangang's figure, but also a strange monk.
Yang Jian thought to himself: "There is indeed a problem."
Because he had absolute confidence in his breath-containing skills, when Li Xuangang first called out that someone was here, Yang Jian thought he was deceiving him. He also patiently did not show his presence.
But then, Li Xuangang actually used the magic weapon to attack the boulder he was on, which made him feel shocked. It turned out that the other party had really discovered him.
However, Yang Jian was very thoughtful. Although he had full confidence in his breath-condensing technique, he still prepared defensive means in advance.
It was this second-level defense talisman prepared in advance that allowed him to successfully block Li Xuangang's attack.
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The Eight Spiders Green Light Sword transformed into four green swords, which first headed straight towards Yang Jian, and then suddenly changed their flight path halfway, crossing from all directions.
Seeing the approaching sword energy, Yang Jian did not dare to be careless and quickly took out a black second-level low-grade shield from his storage bag to protect his whole body.
Li Xuangang took a closer look and saw that it was actually a black water shield.
All four sword energy were blocked by Yang Jian. Li Xuangang moved his right hand and took out four more Eight Spider Green Light Swords from the storage bag.
And Jiang Da, who was following him, also knew what Li Xuangang meant, which was to make a quick decision.
So he didn't hold back any more. The flesh and blood all over his body quickly shriveled up, and his breath gradually transformed into a corpse.
In Yang Jian's view, Zhengda instantly turned into a green-faced man with fangs.
Moreover, the aura of corpse refining on it was extremely strong. Seeing this, he summoned his second-level low-grade flywheel magic weapon, while secretly becoming vigilant in his heart.
"Could this monk who appeared out of nowhere be a disciple of the Corpse Ghost Sect? He can actually practice the corpse-transformation technique so well!"
Yang Jian was not left with much time to think, and Li Xuangang's next attack came almost instantly.
He had to immediately use his spiritual energy to resist.
The moment the flywheel in his hand came into contact with Li Xuangang's Eight Spider Green Light Sword, Yang Jian realized something was wrong, because judging from the force coming from the contact with the magic weapon, the other party had definitely practiced a top-notch body refining technique.
Even though Li Xuangang suppressed Yang Jian in terms of strength, the latter's spiritual power was actually much deeper than his, almost reaching the limit that a monk in the Qi Refining Stage could achieve.
In addition to Yang Jian's extremely deep spiritual power, his body skills were also very strange, causing Li Xuangang's attacks to fail frequently.
However, because Zhengda blocked his back with the black knife to prevent him from escaping, Yang Jian had to face Li Xuangang's attack.
For a while, the three of them were fighting fiercely at the bottom of the mine.
Spiritual energy is stirring everywhere, and various spells are emerging one after another.
After a while, the entire mine was full of traces of being swept by flames and frozen by cold ice, and in many places there were huge earth thorns summoned by Li Xuangang.
Fortunately, the mine was deep enough, so the spiritual energy fluctuations from their fight were not transmitted to the ground.
The more Li Xuangang fought, the more frightened he became. He had almost used all his methods, but even under the pincer attack with Zhengda, he still could not completely suppress the opponent.
Although he and Zheng Da have the upper hand now, judging from this situation, it will take a long time to completely defeat Yang Jian, and during this time, it is very likely that the opponent will seize the opportunity to escape.
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Obviously, this result was unacceptable to Li Xuangang.
He and Zang Da were connected to a certain extent. Li Xuangang just looked at him, and Zang Da instantly understood what he meant.
The next moment, there were some changes in the stiff body. He gradually changed from bluish-brown to black, and a metallic texture began to appear on his skin.
A gloomy, evil and violent aura instantly enveloped the bottom of the entire mine.
On the other side, Li Xuangang also recalled the eight-handled Eight Spider Green Light Sword and suspended it in front of him.
He pinched a spell with both hands, and the eight Eight Spiders Green Light Sword began to rotate in one direction. After a burst of dazzling green light, an Eight Spider Green Light Sword with a stronger aura appeared in his hand.
Of course, Yang Jian, who was fighting against Li Xuangang, also discovered this situation and secretly thought something was wrong. He controlled his flywheel magic weapon to return to the top of his head, and the spiritual power around his body surged, turning the flywheel into eighteen small golden flywheels.
When the blue sword energy of the Eight Spiders Blue Light Sword slashed his head, the eighteen flywheels were stimulated one by one from his side.
The two colors of gold and blue collided, and the surrounding rocks shattered into pieces.
Behind Yang Jian, Zheng Da also leaped up and turned into a black stream of light.
Yang Jian was well prepared for this. He took out a disc-shaped magic weapon from his arms and blocked Zong Da's attack.
"Boom!"
The huge fist struck Yang Jian's enlarged disk-shaped magic weapon, and circles of spiritual power fluctuations shook out from it.
The dull sound was transmitted into the minds of Li Xuangang and Yang Jian at the same time, and their minds were shaken.
Yang Jian did not expect that this suspected disciple of the Corpse Ghost Sect could actually increase his physical strength to such an extent after performing the corpse transformation technique.
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Although Yang Jian is experienced and has almost reached the peak of Qi refining realm, Li Xuangang is not weak among the monks at the ninth level of Qi refining, and he has the assistance of Zheng Da, who has similar physical strength to him.
Therefore, Yang Jian's defeat was doomed from the beginning.
At the last moment, Yang Jian thought about pulling away, but the retreat was blocked by Zheng Da with his tyrannical body, so he was never able to do so.
When the stiff, light black arm penetrated his Dantian, Yang Jian closed his eyes unwillingly.
Seeing that Yang Jian's breath had disappeared, Li Xuangang gathered back the Eight Spider Green Light Swords around him. Zheng Da also withdrew his arm from Yang Jian's body and took out several storage bags from his waist.
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He gathered up the magical weapons scattered at the scene, gave the old man a condescending look, and then cast a fire spell with a calm expression to burn his body.
Then he opened the Sancai Separation Spirit Formation and sent Zhengda into the Jieyuan space.
After dealing with the signs of fighting around him, he turned around and prepared to leave.
Behind him, Yang Jian's body had long been turned into a small handful of white ash, scattered among the crevices of various rocks.
After leaving the mine, he handed his storage bag to the disciples of the Corpse Sect for inspection as usual.
After checking, I got thirty spirit stones from the latter's hand.
Then, Li Xuangang turned into a black figure and ran towards Mangshanfang City without looking back.